“Saxo Moloros - Light Dark College: Little is known about this character other than his strength and talent. He was taken as a student of one of the elders of the college the instant he joined, further showcasing his ability”

Cain got a quick overview of them all before tossing the pamphlet aside, his name didn’t even show up on the list, but Cain thought it was better that way, since his skills would be unknown giving him a greater advantage. Soon the competitors were called up, they made the strongest students fight the weakest just to thin the numbers and leave the best for last. The first few fights finished quickly, and Cain easily got through to the next round

Eventually only the top 8 were left, Cain was lucky enough to get a pass for his second fight, so he avoided a fight. His next opponent wouldn’t be so simple however, Hotch King, seemed the people in charge of this event considered Cain a nobody and wanted to get rid of his with this fight.

Cain hopped onto the arena under the cheers of George and the other students, but their sound was silenced under the overwhelming amount of support in Hotch’s favour. Cain looked at this young man across him, shockingly he was even larger than George, he was about 1.5 Cain’s size, making Cain look like a dwarf.

“Kid, I don’t want to hurt you for no reason, so forfeit now and let's not waste anyone's time”

“Haven’t you heard of the saying ‘the bigger they are, the harder they fall’?”

Hotch seemed to not like that saying since he attacked the instant Cain was done talking. He had no weapons but his fists were like cannonballs as they headed towards Cain, using his footwork however he could easily dodge these hits.

“Who is that person fighting Hotch?”

“Probably a nobody, though I’m surprised he’s lasted this long under those fists. Hotch defeated all his other opponents with a single punch so this kid can be proud of himself”

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Cain’s hearing was phenomenal, so naturally he could hear all this trash talking going on about him, seems like the crowd didn’t hold him in much favor. However as the battle went on, the crowd started changing their opinions, Hotch seemed infuriated that the battle was still going on so he eventually activated his gene. He quickly turned into a massive mammoth under the astonished gaze of the crowd, luckily the arena was big enough or else he might end up crushing the spectators.

He swung his trunk towards Cain, but missed by an inch, the trunk smashed into the arena and set chunks of rock flying everywhere, the shield around the arena protected the viewers so they didn’t have to worry about the mayhem going on in front of them. Cain eventually couldn’t keep up anymore, so he decided to start using his ability. The trunk that was once going extremely fast, slowed down to 7/10th its original speed, making it far easier to dodge. Cain realized that Hotch’s defense was too strong, and his spear wasn’t capable of getting through the thick skin. However, just as he thought he may not be able to win, he had a thought, what if he applied slow directly on his opponents vision. It may slow down their reaction time, giving Cain a good chance to strike.

He decided to waste no time and went straight to doing it. Hotch’s pupils that were once sharp seemed to become a bit dull, under everyone's confused eyes, he started slowing down to about half his previous speed. However in Hotch’s view, it was Cain who suddenly became so much faster that he couldn’t keep up with his movement anymore. Cain ran up Hotch's trunk and landed on his head, he used slow spear and slowly swung down at Hotch’s skull.

Everyone spectating was extremely confused, the battle that was once intense seemed to slow down quite a bit, but since most of these were regular people, Cain and Hotch were still moving at incredible speeds. Eventually the slow spear landed on Hotch’s head and a massive boom echoed across the arena, the blow wasn’t enough to break through Hotch’s skull, but the vibrations knocked him unconscious. His legs went limp as his giant body smashed into the arena sending dust and stones flying everywhere.

Everyone was shocked, especially the spectators from the Myriad Beast Form College, since they knew first hand how strong Hotch was, and yet he still managed to get defeated. Suddenly the silence turned into overwhelming applause, the students that followed Cain here had red faces as if they were drunk from excitement, they would have rushed out and hugged Cain had Remy not stopped them.

“Looks like there's a dark horse this year, he actually managed to defeat Hotch, what a shock”

“Yeah, but these kinds of shocks are what I come here for. Would be to boring if the same type of people won each year”

“Mhm, I’m just wondering who that person was, their name didn’t seem to show up on the competitor pamphlet”

The last four were quickly announced, it was Cain, Rose Faere, Saxo Maloros, and Tane Kraus, a student from the Iron Blood College. The first fight was Rose vs Saxo, so Cain had a good chance to spectate and learn. Roses ability suppressed Saxo’s since he emphasized on darkness, however her fire was a natural light, which weakened his own ability. Eventually Rose won due to her advantage and Saxo quickly disappeared into the darkness. Cain had done a little research on Tane in the meanwhile, and found out he had the iron skin gene, which was self explanatory. Cain realized that he was at a disadvantage against people who specialized in defense, since his slow gene couldn’t affect their durability whatsoever, fortunately Tane’s defense was nothing compared to Hotch’s